From: Michael H. <mi...@ro...> - 2009-04-07 15:39:31
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Quoting David Williams <dwi...@dt...>: > Just trying to follow up on this. > > > > So, the workbook drive that I have cannot create hard links L so this means > I can no longer use this drive for doing backups, since the hardlink check > will stop this. Is the hardlink issue related to the drive itself, or is it > related to the fact that it is formatted to NTFS format ? > > > > Is there a way to format this drive so that it can create hardlinks (ext3?) > and can be used for backups again ? It's a 1TB drive and I'd hate to have > to buy another drive. > > > > ____________________________________________________ > > David Williams > David, Check out this website - http://mybookworld.wikidot.com/ It is dedicated to hacking the MyBook World Edition. Specifically, this page http://mybookworld.wikidot.com/troubleshooting deals with reformatting the data partition to ext3. I use my World Book as a destination for my BackupPC setup. I connect via NFS so there aren't problems with hardlinks. Mike |